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April 17, 2009, 19:15
TrossL
Jumbo VI
PANACEAs never work... try Motrin instead.

For myself, I like to ride horses but I found that I needed to use a LESS ROBUST SPUR.
April 18, 2009, 06:20
haberdasher
Two words: BRUSSEL SPROUTS.

Here in New england we're more likely to go for A SUGAR SAP from the maple trees.

Or maybe CCOL ROBI.
April 18, 2009, 06:25
haberdasher
Nice to see you back, TrossL, and not only for reopening this thread !
April 18, 2009, 08:23
TrossL
Shoot, I forgot to put that it was two words, sorry... But you, smarty that you are, figured it out.
But, did you know that one is a brussels sprout and two or more are brussels sprouts? Neither did I until I looked up this word/these words to get the spelling right. I have been saying it wrong my whole life apparently...

I am working on yours...
April 18, 2009, 08:39
TrossL
That was too funny... I'm sitting here working on my grocery list and as I'm writing down produce items I had an "aha" moment...
Yes, I will be buying both asparagus and broccoli today.

I had to fly to Chicago recently and I was very surprised to see a quardoned off area for children to play in. Who knew they had an AIRLINE TAG ZONE?
April 18, 2009, 10:03
haberdasher
(I saw the missing s and decided to ignore it because I couldn't contemplate them in the singular. And, believe it or not, there are 1.8 MegaGhits for without-the-s and only 1.5 with. Strange.)

GENERALIZATION - I thought that's the way they made the Eisenhowers and the Schwartzkopfs of the world.

Before they got that far, though, they had to hold a place in front of a computer and perform a
LATIN E-TUNE.
April 19, 2009, 04:25
Stanley
LATIN E-TUNE = LIEUTENANT

In the annual zoo animals' coach tour, before I check that the lion isn't bothering the penguin, I SEAT THE SEAL.


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If your rhubarb is forwards, bend it backwards.
April 19, 2009, 15:07
haberdasher
A sixth sense tells me that, coming from Buckinghamshire, you might mean TELAESTHESIA.

Admission to the Policemen's Ball is only a penny on
COPPER NITE.
April 19, 2009, 18:51
TrossL
COPPER NITE - perception

But I never would have guessed Stanley's word. I never heard of it before. But of course as I looked up the meanig for his, haberdasher's became quite apparent.

He must be a LONG QUIET MAN.
April 20, 2009, 07:38
Stanley
Well, obviously the answer to TrossL's is magniloquent, but then I suppose I would find it easy because I'm so intelligent.

(Actually, that's a word I've heard a few times but didn't know what it meant. Now that I know I've decided I quite like it!)

Incidentally, have you ever been to the opera with a cracker of a seat booked, only to be disappointed because the leading male voice is so loud it blasts all the other singers off the stage? I know I have, and it annoys me. I have to admit that I'm a QUIET TENOR FAN.


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April 20, 2009, 19:15
haberdasher
Speaking of words which do not define themselves, I don't think anyone comes across FREQUENTATION very often.

I seem to recall that Louis XIV was the Sun King - le Roi Soleil - but can someone tell me who the SUN QUEEN IS ?
April 22, 2009, 05:47
haberdasher
36-hour hint:

I can say with confidence that -
like "the wonderful thing about Tiggers" -
she's the only one.
April 22, 2009, 16:10
TrossL
The UNIQUENESS of your question stumped us...

Four-way stops annoy me. Why do we need those REDUNDANT SIGNs?
April 22, 2009, 19:40
haberdasher
UNDERSTANDING

There were layers within layers of meaning in that
SPEECH, MR. ONION
April 23, 2009, 09:35
Stanley
There were indeed many hidden meanings, Mr Onion, which made comprehension a little difficult at times.

In fact, all the speeches tonight have been a little disappointing. So, with only one left to hear, I COUNT ON MR CAIN'S ITEM to really grab the audience's interest.


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April 23, 2009, 12:50
haberdasher
I COUNT ON MR CAIN'S ITEM - is that INTERCOMMUNICATIONS ?

Wouldn't it be simpler to say simply "They all DRONE, MAMA" ?
April 25, 2009, 06:09
haberdasher
Since I come from a traditional famiiy (one of each parent) perhaps I should have called her "MAMUM"?
April 25, 2009, 20:42
TrossL
You say MEMORANDUM and I say MEMORANDA... Let's call the whole thing off...

Actually, a friend of mine's a vampire and is a founding member of the BORN COLD GUILD.
April 26, 2009, 06:40
haberdasher
BORN COLD GUILD - blood-curdling !

I suppose your friend likes Lincoln Park, too, when it's DRY ENOUGH to go.
April 27, 2009, 14:57
Stanley
Hmm, can you imagine if one of the members of Linkin Park was a greyhound? An album from them would probably be released on some sort of CANINE DISK.


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April 30, 2009, 11:50
haberdasher
CANINE DISK.

You don't mean DICKENSIAN, do you?
April 30, 2009, 13:16
Stanley
I do indeedy Smile


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May 01, 2009, 19:13
haberdasher
Well, then (as Shelly Berman said), how about

A TIN RIM ?

Speaking of Shelley Berman, this link looks interesting. It may even contain the line -- I haven't had time to watch to the whole thing...

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May 10, 2009, 12:05
TrossL
Wow, who knew a little ol' MARTINI would cause this thread to nosedive?

Some people just can't handle CHILI COAL TOYs.
May 11, 2009, 02:29
Stanley
I suppose the alcoholicity of that martini must have been too high for us!

Been finally trying to get through my driving test recently, but, despite being only a learner myself, I still find I get irritated by other people on the road. If I had a quid for every time I've been stuck behind TEN-MPH CARS...


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May 12, 2009, 03:51
haberdasher
TEN-MPH CARS ?

parchments

Maybe we could use them to draw a plan for THIS MECCA
May 16, 2009, 17:18
haberdasher
CATECHISM works too, but I was thinking of somehting else.
May 30, 2009, 13:56
haberdasher
Typographical error: ..."something" else. Sorry.
June 09, 2009, 14:26
TrossL
Sorry I'm so late but I dropped the schematic and had to wait forever for someone to print up a new one...

Are you annoyed by your overly perfect Chic Editor? Try lye in her handcream.
June 10, 2009, 03:08
haberdasher
Just checking - that's one word or two?
June 10, 2009, 16:17
haberdasher
Answering my own question: one - HYDROELECTRICITY

Two related words -
MONDAY and GAMIN, ETC.
November 13, 2011, 16:07
haberdasher
(No players for two years is trying to say something - this post is just to provide closure.)

The last two words were DYNAMO and MAGNETIC.


Thread closed from ISSUED.
November 26, 2011, 08:26
bethree5
Hey don't close this thread, pretty please!!!!

Tho it may be a puzzling emotion do SAVE MINOR GALA
(answer also has 3 words)
November 28, 2011, 06:00
haberdasher
Hmm.

"LOVE," SANG MARIA (fan of West Side Story)
LONG "AVE MARIA" - can't get too much of Schubert
EVIL ROMAN SAGA - subtitle of Caesar's Gallic Wars?

(Now I know why we generally restrict these to one-word anagrams, except for special circumstances)

Any help from the audience?

I'll keep working at it...
November 28, 2011, 06:05
haberdasher
MALARIA COVENS - mosquito-infested witchery
November 28, 2011, 13:11
haberdasher
Sorry, that has a C but no G. And I left the S out of AVE MARIAs, above.

ALI'S VEGAS MORN - the morning after the fight before

(You may call this maundering "thinking out loud" or "floundering,"
as the mood strikes you)
November 28, 2011, 19:17
haberdasher
Perhaps I should be pursuing the "puzzling" hint rather than the "emotion" hint.

It's a SOLVING-ER-AMA !

SO, MARVEL AGAIN !

OMNIA VINCIT AMOR
Ooh, nasty! I like it! Smile
Too bad it doesn't fit.
November 30, 2011, 04:03
haberdasher
VIOLA'S MANAGER ... sounds like a Romance novel set in the workplace...
November 30, 2011, 05:16
bethree5
Wow. As a novice I am learning um, what you said, haberdasher. One word best. Or maybe two. Three is a disaster.

HINT#1: Right, 'puzzling' is key to answer
HINT#2: First word is "I"
November 30, 2011, 12:27
haberdasher
Aha! I LOVE ANAGRAMS!

Three words isn't necessarily a disaster, but a lot more ambiguous. (read "harder")

And when the answers finally come to you, they just YI! HAPPEN!

Did you know, btw, that among the cogniscenti (those "in the know") anagram means to rearrange the letters in such a way that the scrambled version somehow describes the original word. For the rest of us, it just means to form a new word or phrase, the meaning being irrelevant...
December 02, 2011, 09:15
haberdasher
48-hour clue:

Haberdasher's Rule: If you're having a problem with a (one-word)anagram, likely it begins with a vowel.

Not hard-and-fast, but more-often-than-not.
December 02, 2011, 10:23
haberdasher
quote:
Originally posted:

Aha! I LOVE ANAGRAMS!


Opportunity missed! It also reads "I SOLVE ANAGRAM !," which would have been a perfect fit here.
December 02, 2011, 14:08
bethree5
had an EPIPHANY: through binocs I saw a STAR BREED

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December 02, 2011, 15:46
haberdasher
That must have been one Rockin' Robin REDBREAST !

Was it covered in SHEER FAT ?
December 04, 2011, 16:01
bethree5
His FEATHERS were plummy indeed.

Your pardon I BEG-- RHINO also seen, over fence!
December 04, 2011, 18:29
haberdasher
Nicely done, NEIGHBOR.

Although you shortchange yourself when you call yourself a novice. After all, you've been CAPTAIN GRIPIT in this thread since its inception, and that's four years ! :-)
December 08, 2011, 07:40
bethree5
PARTICIPATING on I go...

Arab spring does this for a DOZEN EMIRS
December 08, 2011, 19:04
haberdasher
MODERNIZE

On the other hand, should fond memories of times past ENTITLE MAN'S efforts to restore them?
December 11, 2011, 13:59
bethree5
Well I may be SENTIMENTAL, but if it's the way INTO A GAL'S heart...
December 13, 2011, 17:57
haberdasher
You may indulge in sentimentality and NOSTALGIA all you want,
but can you think of a better way than sipping
ALE AND SNUGLY celebrating the New Year?
(In three words, of course)